Archive for Pasta

Please forgive me but I am yet again going to bring you a recipe by Jamie Oliver. Yes, it is no surprise that I love this man.. why? Well it’s a combination of his cooking talent, his cheeky disposition and the fact that underneath his cheeky face is a great business man who knows what […]

While looking though my blog recently I realised that I have not done a pasta dish in a long time and for a blogger who proclaims to be Italian and love Italian cooking, lately I have definately not dedicated much time to those types of dishes even though at home I have been cooking more […]

This post contains recipes for Donna Hays ‘Pork and Fennel Meatballs’ and ‘Cheat’s Chocolate Fondant’ Well I don’t mean literally… I wish!!!! hehe. A couple of weeks ago I went to see Donna Hay at the book signing for ‘Fast, Fresh, Simple’. One thing is for sure, Donna Hay has a huge following by food […]

As you, know I love to cook but to learn to be a good cook you need to experiment and have a few failures in the process. Last night was one of those times. I cooked what I thought was going to be the yummiest roast chicken. It had a strange yet intriguing combination of […]

I love learing about the cooking specialities in the different regions in Italy. Today I am going to bring you a well known dish that is made in Southern Italy. Given that I am not from the South I don’t profess to be an expert on the matter but I will share with you my […]

Most mornings I start the cooking day with either (a) total cooking inspiration or (b) total cooking lake of inspiration. The desire is there to create something scrumptious but nothing, so I head to my trusted and loved cook books… and lets just say I have a few… so that thought alone is a daunting […]

I really enjoy pesto, especially when we need something quick and easy to make of an evening. In this recipe I have added left over roast chicken. I took home made pesto and 2 left over chicken breasts from a roast I cooked during the week. Take the flesh off the bone and cut into ruffly […]

Oh ricotta, how I love ricotta. It is one of those cheeses I could not live without in my fridge. Actually I am a massive cheese lover so there are many cheeses I could not live without but this has to be one of my favorites. I love it fresh, baked, salted… whatever! I JUST […]